Rakesh Sharma

19 Jun

How Yoga made Indian astronaut Rakesh Sharma fearless in space

Bengaluru, June 19 (IANS) NV Raghuram, yoga teacher of Indian astronaut Rakesh Sharma and the founder of Yoga Bharati, on Wednesday revealed that yoga made Sharma "fearless and more adaptable than any other astronaut" in his team. He was sharing some of Sharma's encounters in space at a conference on 'Yoga for Space' here. The Central Council for Research in Yoga & Naturopathy (CCRYN), in collaboration with Svyasa, organised the conference at S-Vyasa University, Bengaluru, to mark the 10th edition of International Day of Yoga (IDY) 2024. The conference's focus was on the convergence of experts from various fields to…

24 Aug

Astronauts Rakesh Sharma, Sunita Williams laud Chandrayaan-3 mission, ISRO

New Delhi, Aug 24, Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian to be in space and Sunita Williams, an Indo-American NASA astronaut have lauded the Chandrayaan-3 mission, which helped the country become the first nation in the world to land near the South Pole of the Moon. Led by scientists at ISRO, the Vikram lander, aboard Chandrayaan-3, landed near the South Pole of the Moon on Wednesday after travelling about 3.84 lakh km for over 40 days. India also became the fourth nation to make a soft landing on the Moon after the erstwhile USSR, the US, China. “I am not surprised,…